Pre-order Ray Nayler's brand-new speculative historical thriller Palaces of the Crow coming
soon! 'I loved this novel's brain and heart' DAVID MITCHELL AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS 'A
first-rate speculative thriller by turns fascinating brutal powerful and redemptive' JEFF
VANDERMEER AUTHOR OF ANNIHILATION There are creatures in the water of Con Dao. To the
locals they're monsters. To the corporate owners of the island an opportunity. To the
team of three sent to study them a revelation. Their minds are unlike ours. Their bodies
are malleable transformable shifting. They can communicate. And they want us to leave.
When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the remote
Con Dao Archipelago to investigate a highly intelligent dangerous octopus species she doesn't
pause long enough to look at the fine print. DIANIMA - a transnational tech corporation best
known for its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence - has purchased the islands
evacuated their population and sealed the archipelago off from the world so that Nguyen can
focus on her research. But the stakes are high: the octopuses hold the key to unprecedented
breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence and there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can
take advantage of their advancements. And no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think.
And what they might do about it. Locus Award 2023 - Winner of First Novel award Nebula
Award 2023 Finalist. Ray Bradbury Prize 2023 Finalist. Shortlisted for the 2024 Arthur C.
Clarke Award
